If you’ve ever spent any time with the microblogging tool Tumblr, Swurl will seem awfully familiar: it’s a service that “brings all your web content together into a blog format… supporting your existing blog, pictures, links, videos, and more.” Much like the older Tumblr, Swurl seems designed to keep things simple, yet content-rich.
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Cross-posting: saving time at the expense of others?
Rahsheen’s article illuminates the good that cross-posting services can do for both creator and consumer alike, but my take on Ping.fm and similar services is considerably more pessimistic. It’s my belief that the duplication that results from cross-posting can negatively impact the social media consumption habits of others.